at the hands of their captors. Dusty was one who did not lose faith and never met the cruel treatment he received with anger. In a surprising turn of events, Gordon survived the war. Upon liberation as he sought news of his friends he found that two weeks before the war's end Dusty had been crucified by a Japanese guard who was frustrated with Dusty's sense of calm in the face of hardship. Dinty, whom Gordon cared for and admired profoundly, died when the Allies sank his unmarked prisoner transport ship. Post war Gordon returned home to Scotland to pursue the vocation he had found in the camp. He was ordained a minister of the Church of Scotland at Paisley Abbey in 1950. After moving to the United States, he preached at churches in Amagansett and Montauk, Long Island. Gordon came to Princeton University in Princeton, N.J., as Presbyterian chaplain in 1954 and was named dean of the chapel the following year. Bibliography To End All Wars (2002) Through the Valley of the Kwai (1962) Miracle on the River Kwai (1963) See also Silence (Endō novel) References Further reading Owen, Roger John. Death Camp on the River Kwai: The Story of Ernest Gordon. Birmingham, Alabama: Religious Education Press, 1981. External links Ernest Gordon, longtime dean of the chapel, dies - News from PRINCETON UNIVERSITY Ernest Gordon at pauladams.org 1916 births 2002 deaths Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders officers World War II prisoners of war held by Japan British Army personnel of World War II American Presbyterians Scottish emigrants to the United States British World War II prisoners of war Burma Railway prisoners